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Windsor Park, BANGOR, BT20 3DG

A narrow street, on the western side of the Manse Road (bottom) built, in the early 1930’s, on the site of what had once been allotments. The view is from Windsor Gardens Image

A small access cover marked 'Gas' located on Manse Road in Bangor. It almost certainly dates from when the town gas was produced and supplied in Bangor - this ended c1987. The cover was cast by Hattersley and Davidson of Sheffield. This engineering company was established in 1894; the company still trades today as Hd Sports Ltd. http://www.hdsports.co.uk/hdsports-history.html but specialises in ice skating blades.

The northern side of a steep street, developed between 1928 and 1939, running from the Manse Road (behind me) towards a lane leading to Railwayview Street and the railway station.

A very old cast-iron bollard at the end of Manse Road in Bangor. It has probably just been place here to prevent vehicles passing from the road onto a short lane which runs to the Brunswick Road. I believe that bollards of this style were once common in the town as they had been used in groups of 4 to surround gas lamps, protecting them from accidentical damage from passing carts or vehicles. The images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/adambangor/6057528496/in/set-72157605377535044/ & http://www.francisfrith.com/bangor,county-down/photos/bangor_40270/ show examples. No foundry name is visible, but it looks identical to an example seen in Lurgan cast by George Smith’s Sun Foundry, Glasgow Image See also Image and Image for related images of the same bollard.

A bollard, in the style of an old town-boundary post, at the end of the lane leading from Manse Road to this path Image and the Brunswick Road Image

This sits at the end of Manse Road, marking where the road becomes pedestrian only. Surely the only example in Bangor!

As noted in other captions, the BCDR signal cabin at Bangor was demolished in November 1995 while the station was rebuilt in 2000. The new platform roofs can be seen in the background as NIR 111 class diesel locomotive No. 111 "Great Northern" pulls out of the station with a special train for the Irish Railway Record Society (http://www.irrs.ie/ ) .

C4K set 4013 departing Bangor with the 13.57 to Portadown. This Image remains stored in the middle road. C3K set no 3004 is at platform 1 (right).

A steepish street, built over a period from circa 1875 to the early 20th century, dropping from the Manse Road to Dufferin Avenue (hidden to the left in the background). The railway station http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=22301863 is the bright spot in the trees towards the middle right.

See Image The view, towards the station, from near the start of the path. Continue to Image